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Warburg portfolio company in talks with Silver LakeWarburg Pincus is the largest shareholder in US telecom products company Avaya, which is reportedly in take-private talks with Silver Lake Partners.
- Buyout battle looms for Thomson division
Some of the world’s biggest buyout firms are set to fight it out for the $3.5 billion-valued higher education division of publishing company Thomson, in the latest demonstration of private equity’s appetite for the sector.
- CITIC smashes target with $425m debut China fund
CITIC Capital Partners has raised $425 million for its first China-focused private equity fund, smashing its $350 million hard cap. Investors are banking on CITIC to access control deals in Chinese state-owned enterprises.
- TPG moves out of South Korea
Buyout firm Texas Pacific Group has closed its South Korean office, soon after two rival firms ran into legal difficulties in the country amid a growing backlash against foreign investors.
- Warburg Pincus buys $625 million Metavante
Warburg Pincus has become the second private equity firm this week to back a US-based electronic payments firm, following KKR’s $29 billion acquisition of First Data on Monday.
- New Look set for £2bn secondary sale
Permira and Apax Partners have reportedly decided to sell rather than float their £2 billion-rated UK fashion retailer New Look, after the company’s management expressed a preference to remain privately-owned.
- Pine Brook Road hires finance chief
Robert Jackowitz has been hired as chief financial officer for the New York-based private equity group led by former Warburg Pincus vice chairman, Howard Newman.
- Warburg Pincus hires for Indian push
Warburg Pincus, one of the most experienced Asian private equity investors, has strengthened its regional team with the hire of ex-McKinsey director Leo Puri.
- Warburg Pincus float 13 times over-subscribed
Warburg Pincus’ Oslo flotation of emgs, a Norwegian seabed exploration company, has met with an enthusiastic response from the market.
- China’s electronics retailing king partners Bear Stearns in private equity
Wong Kwong Yu, one of China’s richest men and founder of the country’s largest electronics retailer is partnering the private equity arm of Bear Stearns to launch an alliance to capture opportunities in China’s retail sector.